St. Cloud was hit with about 6-8 inches of snow between Monday and Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Some areas of the state reported 10 or more inches of snow from the storm, which came in two waves Monday and into Tuesday.

Those waves caused a fair share of crashes. The Minnesota State Patrol reported 260 crashes and 434 spin-outs. There were 36 injuries but no fatalities between 12 a.m. and 8:45 p.m. Monday. Between those hours, there were also 17 jackknifed semis.

Now the question everyone is asking: When will it all melt?

Locally, it might be a few days. Wednesday's and Thursday's forecast show mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 20s.

Temperatures might get above freezing on Friday, and are expected to reach the mid-30s by the weekend.

The storm system, which rolled in from the Pacific, is making its way to the East Coast, especially the Northeast, which is cleaning up from a weekend nor'easter, said Frank Pereira, a meteorologist with the weather service's Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.

Though it's too early to detail specific impacts of the storm that will move east out of the Midwest, "this looks to be a significant event for at least a portion of the Northeast," Pereira said. "A good swath of 6 to 12 inches of snow may fall across portions of the Northeast, and may include the Boston and New York areas."